Many years ago Spirit gave me their definition of love, and it’s the definition I’ve stayed with ever since: “Love is a choice to see the divinity in all beings.”
So what does that really mean?
For me, it means love is not a feeling, an emotion – which is the way I used to view it. And many folks still do. Certainly we feel emotion around a person or an animal we love. But true love goes beyond the feelings, the emotions.… Read more
What’s the first thing that comes to mind when you see the word “families?”
For some folks it evokes warm, “fuzzy” feelings. For others, just the opposite.
I grew up in a large Roman Catholic family of Sicilian immigrants. My family memories are the warm, fuzzy kind.… Read more
Spirit has said our pets are often our spiritual teachers. Intriguing idea, isn’t it?
John Cali
In July this year we wrote an article, Heart to Heart. In that article Spirit said this:
“Animals, especially your domestic pets (as you call them) — and especially dogs and cats — are more often than not your teachers. They have little to learn from you. But you have much to learn from them.”
I know many of us dearly love our pets and often treat them as revered family members.
Merle
Last week I finished reading a wonderfully uplifting book called Heart to Heart, from which I took the title of this week’s newsletter article.
The book, by world-renowned British animal communicator, Pea Horsley, was a gift to me from my dear friend Barbara Clark.
The book, as you might imagine, is about Pea’s work with animals. She’s not only a gifted animal communicator, but also a great writer. In her warmhearted way, she’ll have you alternately laughing and crying as she tells of helping people the world over find lost pets.… Read more
A Gallup poll a while back reported 2 out of 3 Americans suffer from low self-esteem and, presumably, a lack of self-love. That’s nearly 70 percent of the USA’s population!
The poll didn’t talk about other countries, but I’d guess it’s about the same as in the United States.
There’s been a steady, years-long stream of folks suffering from a lack of self-love and self-esteem coming to us for private sessions with Spirit. There have also been some of my close family and friends who’ve talked with me about their lack of self-love and self-esteem.… Read more
Wisdom born of experience should tell us that war is obsolete. There may have been a time when war served as a negative good by preventing the spread and growth of an evil force….if we assume that life is worth living, if we assume that mankind has the right to survive, then we must find an alternative to war. ~ Martin Luther King Jr.
Back in the days when I was a young pilot, Charles Schulz’s Peanuts comic strips were at the peak of their popularity.… Read more
So many of us in today’s world are feeling hassled and pressured to do more and more, and faster and faster. Time becomes the curse of our lives — there’s never enough of it. Or so it seems.
John Cali
The other day I was talking to an old friend I’ve known all my life. He’s retired and can pretty much do as he pleases with his time. But he was complaining that his life is far too busy. He said some days he spends as much as six hours or more on the phone.… Read more
John Cali
We received an intriguing question from one of our readers recently. Here it is:
Having given this quite a bit of thought, I am still unable to grasp what part our soul plays in our earthly experience.
Can you shed some light on this?
Spirit
First of all, friends, it’s important for us, at the outset here, to get clear on the relationship between you and your soul.
Your soul decided, before you incarnated into this lifetime, the where, the how, the who, etc.… Read more
John Cali
A reader recently wrote us this letter:
“Have you published anything about suicide? A friend of mine is depressed, and he’s considering it. I think it’s foolish unless there is absolutely no hope, and that’s an extremely rare case at best.
“Are there occasions when suicide is the only solution?”
Here’s Spirit.
Spirit
We are delighted to offer you, for your consideration, our view of this often weighty subject.
Our reader asked if there are occasions when suicide is the only solution.… Read more
John Cali
I realize that’s a screwy-sounding title. Let me explain.
The other day I was out walking home from jogging in my semi-rural neighborhood. I passed a house with a “For Sale By Owner” sign planted in the front yard next to the road. The only problem was the owners had parked their truck directly in front of the sign.
No one driving by would have been able to see the sign. The only reason I saw it was because I was walking.… Read more